Prof Venuste Nsengimana

Academic rank: 
Associate Professor
Academic Leadership Position: 
Director of the Centre of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management (CoEB).
Email: 
v.nsengimana3@ur.ac.rw
Telephone: 
+250788504218
College: 
College of Science and Technology(CST)
School/centre: 
School of Science
Department: 
Biology
Published Papers : 
  1. Nsengimana V, Rurangwa ML, Nsenganeza JD, Kayonga S, Uwineza J, Furaha E, Niyomwungeri JF, Masengesho P, Ruhagazi D, and Nsengimana O (2025). Diversity and abundance of arthropod communities from Rugezi Marshland, Northern Rwanda: call for effective and sustainable biodiversity conservation planning. Journal of Tropical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467425000094
  2. Nsengimana V, Twagirayezu E, Habiyaremye JD, Rutegwa M, Nyandwi V, Ndatimana G. 2025. Application of aquatic macroinvertebrates in water quality assessment of the Nyabarongo and Akagera Rivers in Rwanda. Environmental Monitoring and  Assessemment 197:370. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-025-13817-w  
  3. Nzarora A, Cocquyt C, Nzibaza V, Nsengimana V, Mugume PJ, Kaplin BA. 2024: Perceptions and knowledge about the use of biological indicators in freshwater ecosystem monitoring in Rwanda. African Journal of Aquatic Science 49(3):196-209. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2024.2342999 
  4. Nsengimana V, Nzibaza V, Nzarora A, Mugume JP. 2024. Conserving biodiversity and managing water resources in the Akagera River catchment, Eastern Rwanda: local engagement and knowledge cocreation through the adaptive planning process. Socio-Ecological Practice Research 6: 245–261. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-024-00194-w
  5. Nsengimana V, Mukangango M, Habiyaremye JD, Uwiduhaye F, Iradukunda CS, Bigengimana Y, Nsanganwimana F (2024). Status pf Soil Physicochemical Properties in Forests and Savannas Restored Using the Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Approach in Eastern Rwanda. Applied and Environmental Soil Science 2024:1-9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/6504201
  6. Nsengimana, V, Dekoninc, W. 2023. First Record of Five Ant Species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) From Rwanda. Journal of East African Natural History 112(6):63-73. https://doi.org/10.2982/028.112.0601 
  7. Palmer (Tally) C, Tanner J, Akanmu J, Alamirew T, Bamutaze Y, Banada N, Cleaver F, Faye S, Kabenge I, Kane A, Longe E, Norbert J, Nsengimana V, Speight V, Weston S, Winter K, Woldu Z. 2023. The Adaptive Systemic Approach: Catalysing more just and sustainable outcomes from sustainability and natural resources development research. River Research and Applications 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.4178
  8. Nsengimana V, Nsenganeza JD, Hagenimana T, Dekoninck W. 2023. Impact of chemical fertilizers on diversity and abundance of soil-litter arthropod communities in coffee and banana plantations in southern Rwanda. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 5, 100215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsust.2023.100215  
  9. Nsengimana V, Hagenimana T, Barakagwira T, Nsenganeza JD, Iradukunda S, Majyambere M, Basima Kizungu O, Nkundimana A, Umutoni D, Rwasimitana F, Cyubahiro B, Kouakou MMLK, Kolo Y, Shisungu AJ, Kiko G, Wouter D. 2023. Checklist of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species from Nyungwe tropical rain forest, South-Western Rwanda. Journal of East African Natural History 111(2):69-79. https://doi.org/10.2982/028.111.0203  
  10. Nsengimana V, Iradukunda SC, Nsenganeza JD, Mberwa JW, Dekoninck W. 2022. Soil-litter arthropod communities under pastureland use in southern Rwanda. Tropical Ecology 64:369-379. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42965-022-00277-3
  11. Nsengimana V, Dekoninck W. 2021. Soil-litter ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) community response to reforested lands of Gishwati tropical montane forest, northern-western part of Rwanda. Journal of Tropical Ecology 37,165–174. https://doi:10.1017/S0266467421000237 
  12. Opanga D.  Nsengimana V. 2021). Supporting Tanzanian Students’ Academic Language Proficiency by Inquiry-based learning of Invertebrate Systematic. African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 25(2):113-124. https://doi:10.1080/18117295.2021.1973713
  13. Nsengimana V, Vanderheyden A, Gombeer S, Smitz N, Meganck K, De Meyer M, Backeljau T, Fisher BL, Dekoninck W.  2021. First record of the ant Pheidole megatron Fischer and Fisher, 2013 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Rwanda. African Zoology 56(2):157-161. https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2021.1901605
  14. Nsengimana V, Kaplin BA, Nsabimana D, Dekoninck W, Francis F. 2021. Diversity and abundance of soil-litter arthropods and their relationships with soil physicochemical properties under different land uses in Rwanda. Biodiversity 22(1):41-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/14888386.2021.1905064
  15. Nsengimana V, Kaplin BA., Francis F, Kouakou MML, Dekoninck W, Nsabimana D. 2018. Use of soil and litter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as biological indicators of soil quality under different land uses in southern Rwanda. Environmental Entomology, 47(6):1394–1401. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvy144  
  16. Nsengimana V, Weihler S, Kaplin AB. 2017. Perceptions of Local People on the Use of Nyabarongo River Wetland and Its Conservation in Rwanda. Society and Natural Resources 30 (1):3-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2016.1209605

 

 

Brief profile: 
Venuste Nsengimana is Associate Professor of Conservation Biology. He has a PhD in “Sciences Agronomiques et Ingénierie Biologique” (Agricultural Sciences and Bioengineering) from the University of Liège, Gembloux Agro Biotech, Belgium. In addition to the bachelor’s degree in education: Biology awarded by the former National University of Rwanda, Nsengimana has a Master of Science in Biodiversity Conservation from the University of Rwanda, College of Science and Technology (UR-CSTS). Nsengimana serves the University of Rwanda as Senior Researcher and Director of the Centre of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management (CoEB). His area of research is Conservation Biology focusing on insect biodiversity, ecology, and socioecological resilience. More details about his publications can be found at: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5963-8314. Research projects: 1. The Diversity of pollinating Diptera in Afrotropical Biodiversity Hotspots 2. Community Based Biodiversity Conservation Project” (COMBIO) project 3. Bioassessment of Mukura Forest, Western Rwanda 4. Soil-litter Arthropods as Bioindicators of Restoration Outcomes in Ecosystem-based Adaptation Project Sites in Eastern Rwanda
Research Area: 
Environment, Natural Resources Management and Climate Change